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The Sayings of Confucius

Note 2 — THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS (continued 2)

Lionel Giles translation

Literally, "is going to use him as a bell with a wooden clapper"—this being the instrument used in making announcements or to call the people together. The friendly prefect's prophecy was to be fulfilled more wonderfully than ever he could have imagined. Never, perhaps, in the history of the human race has one man exerted such an enormous influence for good on after generations.

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